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Here we share the latest small-ship cruise news and first-person cruise reviews and round-ups from our team of globetrotting writers. If you've got a penchant for small-scale travel aboard boats, yachts, tall ships and mini cruisers, then enjoy the ride through our sea of stories about small-ship cruising.

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

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Wilderness Legacy Cruise Ship Review By Peter Knego (Photo Above: The handsome Wilderness Legacy,...

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise By Aimée Laberge Natashquan, Harrington Harbour,...

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Packing Tips: Colorful Luggage is the Way to Go

Packing Tips: Colorful Luggage is the Way to Go

Colorful Luggage. By Elise Lentz. I’m going to start this packing tips article by borrowing a line from one of my favorite movies The Birdcage: “Well, one does want a hint of color.“ As tour leaders, one of our many tasks is being responsible for the movement of...

Antarctica Cruising with Abercrombie & Kent and Ponant

Antarctica Cruising with Abercrombie & Kent and Ponant

Antarctica Cruising with Abercrombie & Kent By John Roberts. This cruise was going to be unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. That much was known. The rest was a mystery to me. As the date for our Antarctica voyage with Abercrombie & Kent drew closer [Jan...

QuirkyCruise News: Ritz-Carlton Yacht Evrima Delayed To 2021

QuirkyCruise News: Ritz-Carlton Yacht Evrima Delayed To 2021

Ritz-Carlton Yacht Evrima Delayed To 2021 By Anne Kalosh. 8/6/22 Update Evrima's inaugural sailing has been delayed until Oct. 15 (2022), with The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection attributing this latest in a string of setbacks to "ongoing global supply chain challenges...

Whale Watching Tips for Small-Ship Cruisers

Whale Watching Tips for Small-Ship Cruisers

Whale Watching Tips By Raphael Fennimore of Gotham Whale. This article aims to provide a basic introduction to whales for small-ship cruisers visiting some of the world's top spots for whale watching. The article describes some common types of whales and where you'll...

QuirkyCruise News: Cruise Operations ‘Pause' for Coronavirus

QuirkyCruise News: Cruise Operations ‘Pause' for Coronavirus

Cruise Operations 'Pause' for Coronavirus By Anne Kalosh. (Note: Anne is the Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review, and we share some of her breaking Seatrade coverage below.) Big cruise ships have been in the headlines...

ALBATROS Expeditions

ALBATROS Expeditions

Albatros Expeditions Albatros Expeditions is a well-established Danish firm specializing in Nordic travel and more recently to many other parts of the world. Notice the Danish spelling of albatros with a single “s” — the bird is a globe-trotter with a big wingspan....

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